One word substitution–14
Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| All of one mind. | Unanimous |
| Allowance due to a wife from her husband on separation. | Alimony |
| An assembly of listeners. | Audience |
| An assembly of worshippers. | Congregation |
| An exact copy of handwriting,printing or a picture. | Facsimile |
| An institution for education in arts and science. | Polytechnic |
| An instrument for measuring temperature. | Thermometer |
| An instrument for seeing distant objects. | Telescope |
| An instrument used by physicians for listening to sounds of heart and lungs. | Stethoscope |
| An order prohibiting ships to leave the ports. | Embargo |
| An underground place for storing wine or other provisions. | Cellar |
| Animals equally at home on land or in sea. | Amphibians |
| Animals which carry their young ones in a pouch e.g.,kangaroo. | Marsupials |
| Animals which give suckle to their your ones. | Mammals |
| Animals which live in water. | Aquatic |
| Any medicine which produces insensitivity. | Anaesthetics |
| Applicable to widely scattered groups of people. | Sporadic |
| Being unable to pay one’s debts. | Insolvent/Bankrupt |
| Belonging to or pertaining to an individual from birth. | Congenital |
| Belonging too all parts of the world. | Universal/Cosmopolitan |
| Born of married parents. | Legitimate |
| Born of unmarried parents. | Illegitimate |
| Capable of being easily set on fire. | Inflammable |
| Compulsory enlistment for military and others services. | Conscription |
| Confinement to one place to avoid spread of infection. | Quarantine |
| Deviation from the common rule or standard. | Anomaly |
| Feeding on both animal and vegetable food i.e. eating all kinds of food. | Omnivorous |
| Give tit for tat. | Retaliate |
| Goods brought into a country. | Imports |
| Goods sent out of a country. | Exports |
| Gradual recovery from illness. | Convalescence |
| Having no beginning or end to its existence. | Eternal |
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